(v. t.) To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
(v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
(v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
(v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
(v. t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, arteries which were exposed to CO showed a higher uptake of cholesterol as compared to their corresponding control.
(2) These surveys show that campers exposed to mountain stream water are at risk of acquiring giardiasis.
(3) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
(4) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(5) The effects of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides were investigated on the induction of chromosome aberrations in human peripheral lymphocyte cultures in vitro and in lymphocytes of exposed workers in vivo.
(6) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
(7) Lung sections of rats exposed to quartz particles were significantly different.
(8) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
(9) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
(10) Shelter’s analysis of MoJ figures highlights high-risk hotspots across the country where families are particularly at risk of losing their homes, with households in Newham, east London, most exposed to the possibility of eviction or repossession, with one in every 36 homes threatened.
(11) Naloxone injection into those rats exposed to constant illumination significantly increased hypothalamic levels of beta-endorphin compared to saline injected controls.
(12) In neither case has a significant elevation in inherited genetic effects or cancer been detected in the offspring of exposed individuals.
(13) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
(14) Three subcohorts were defined: 3212 men whose only exposure to asbestos was to amosite; 3430 exposed to crocidolite; and 675 to both amphiboles.
(15) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
(16) These O2-exposed cells were resistant to 4HNE, requiring 2.6 times as long in 80 microM 4HNE to reach 30% survival as compared to density-matched normoxia control.
(17) Since alkaline phosphatase, a glycoprotein, is not affected, the destruction is selective and presumably involves only the most exposed membrane components.
(18) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(19) II, the visual and auditory stimuli were exposed conversely over the habituation- (either stimulus) and the test-periods (both stimuli).
(20) Further work is required to determine whether such a risk exists but caution should be exercised by those exposed to aerosols generated during procedures on HIV-1 infected patients.
Peril
Definition:
(n.) Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
(v. t.) To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
(v. i.) To be in danger.
Example Sentences:
(1) For his lone, perilous journey that defied the US occupation authorities, Burchett was pilloried, not least by his embedded colleagues.
(2) The mutual exclusions of languages are destined to become perilous.
(3) One of the problems I have with the New Atheism is that it fixates on ethics, ignoring aesthetics at its peril.
(4) Crisis management is more perilous and the international environment is, if anything, less controllable.
(5) After the Scottish referendum, Cameron knew the “perilous fragility of the public’s support for the sensible choice”.
(6) Asylum seekers take perilous boat journeys with their children because they judge the risk of violence, persecution and death where they are to be greater than the risk of getting on that boat.
(7) Sunderland and Middlesbrough in Premier League peril Read more Karanka is not alone in observing that “when Gastón plays well, it makes a big difference to us” but acknowledges he has never quite fulfilled the hype which accompanied his £12m move from Bologna to Southampton four years ago.
(8) Phil Mitchell was far more compelling when he was knocking off his bruvver Grant's wife Sharon than his ill-advised adventure advertising the perils of taking crack.
(9) An early return home is unlikely given the perilous condition of the plant three weeks after the tsunami.
(10) By this time I am off the track and perilously close to slipping over a cliff, which sounds dramatic but there is lots of scrub below to break my fall and bones before I would end up in the water.
(11) It feels like most people who are climbing Everest are having a film crew follow them.” Sherpa review – peril in the shadow of Everest Read more Since April’s earthquake, the Nepalese government have limited access to permits to experienced climbers, hoping that will address concerns about safety and overcrowding.
(12) Richard Overholt issued the first warning signals about the perils of tobacco and served as an indefatigable leader of the antismoking crusade throughout his professional career.
(13) We have a society accustomed to the pursuit of prosperity and individual gratification, often resentful of immigrants, and possessing a perilously skin-deep attachment to democracy.
(14) Mills, who experienced the triumphs and perils of an Olympics firsthand when his native Australia hosted the games in 2000, said he was particularly eager to discuss London 2012 with Hunt, whose department is responsible for the games.
(15) But the ultimate aim of the pro-life movement isn't to make sure that all clinics act within the law: it's to change the law so that most of these clinics' activities become illegal, a situation that would place both women and the children they are forced to bear in perilous situations.
(16) With this threat, the issue became larger than any film, larger than Sony and larger than the entertainment industry: societal and artistic values are in peril.
(17) There are fears that Cameron’s position could be in grave peril at a post-election meeting of the 1922 Committee, which has been brought forward to the Monday after polling day on 7 May, if the Tories fail to get a healthy lead over Labour in the Commons.
(18) The Fox News anchor showed excerpts of clips that had been released by CBS earlier on Monday at his request and claimed they backed up his descriptions of the peril he faced when reporting from the country at the end of the Falklands war.
(19) The delights and perils of the British constitution are that you never quite know.
(20) John Muir, a giant of the conservation movement, summed up the importance of bees to the human race when he said: “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” We harm them at our peril.